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CROWNES HOTELCPL was tasked with designing, specifying, and producing a

spectacular architectural lighting scheme – primarily utilizing

battery powered LED luminaires – for the exterior of the Crowne

Plaza Hotel at the Heythrop Park Resort in Oxfordshire.

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CPL was tasked with designing,

specifying, and producing a spectacular

architectural lighting scheme –

primarily utilizing battery powered

LED luminaires – for the exterior

of the Crowne Plaza Hotel at the

Heythrop Park Resort in Oxfordshire.

CPL were commissioned for the

project by a leading Belgian production

company for their end client, a major

pharmaceutical brand. They wanted

a special evening treatment for the

front entrance of the hotel to welcome

their 250 conference delegates.

The team was lead by PM Mike Radford

and the brief was to illuminate the

front entrance of the property and

bring a touch of magic for guests

arriving to Heythrop on two evenings.

The primary elements walls were

highlighted with a selection of wireless

LED fixtures and moving lights with

custom gobos in weather-domes.

The front entrance itself is an area of

around 50 metres wide incorporating

walls, arches and pillars, for which Mike

chose a CORE Point30 LED floods to

colour and highlight the wall sections.

For a feature wall which also includes

the Crowne Plaza logo … eight Clay

Paky GlowUp Strip wireless battens

were used. These were a neat and tidy

solution to getting lighting tight to

the wall. In differentiating it from the

main walls, this added a striking three

dimensionality to the visual picture.

The pillars of the porte-cochère

(covered porch drop off area for vehicle

passengers) were up lit with 12 x

ProLights SMARTBAT LED uplighters.

Eight Clay Paky Mythos moving

lights housed in Towair 180 inflatable

domes were positioned on the ground

opposite the entrance and focused

onto the building fascia. All eight

fixtures were fitted with two different

custom gobos – four with one type

and four the other – which were

beamed onto the wall and cross faded.

Mythos were spec’d for their intensity

and crisp projection capabilities.

Another two Mythos were located

under the porte-cochère and

programmed to scan the roof,

all adding more razzmatazz and

excitement for arriving guests.

An Avolites Quartz console, picked for

its “simplicity and portability” was the

control surface, which was programmed

and operated for the duration of

the installation by Martin Poole.

CPL have an extensive stock of

wireless and battery powered LED

fixtures which are in constant use.

Inside Heythrop, where the event’s

conference sessions and first night gala

dinner were staged, CPL additionally

supplied a full technical production

package comprising sound, lighting

and video equipment and crew.

Project Manager: Mike Radford